Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1428
arrow-up1428external-linkTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
I think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format